174: Beginner Cider Making Q & A | Part 1

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A Question and Answer (Q & A) on Beginner Cider Making

with 5 panelists in the cider industry

• Marcus Robert - Tieton Cider Works, Washington
• Tim Godfrey - Golden State Cider, California
• Eleanor Leger - Eden Specialty Cider, Vermont
• Brent Myles - Slye Clyde Cider, New York
• Ben Calvi - Vermont Cider Co, Vermont

(ltor), Marcus Robert, Trey Godfrey, Eleanor Leger, Brent Myles, Ben Calvi.[/caption]

Pre-recorded at CiderCon2019 in Chicago

This is Part 1 or a 2 Part series on Beginner Cider Making questions answered by cider industry pros.

Q & A topics:

• What is cider?

“Fermented fruit juice of apples” says Eleanor Leger

• Wish I knew then what I know now...
  • Marketing

“You are going to learn to make cider, but to be able to sell it…” Marcus Robert

• Breweries getting into cider
• Managing residual sugar in the bottle for packaging.
  • - a huge range of answers on this topic
• Can you use sulfites?
• The challenge for small cidermakers
• The down fall of Potassium Sorbate in the natural market
• Contract Fermenting to test product
• Ice Cider - “if I use a freezer am I cheating?”
  • Stabilizing an ice cider
  • Yeast strain for ice ciders
• Cryo concentration
  • Is using a freezer considered cheating
    • In the US you can not label it as Ice Cider - it can be called "Iced Cider".

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